Nick Terry, SIOR, CCIM, CPM is the President and CEO of Rifle CRE, a Houston commercial real estate brokerage specializing in small-bay and multi-tenant industrial property, owner-user industrial sales, and office. He founded the firm in 2020 after serving as Vice President at NAI Partners and beginning his career at Caldwell Companies, and has more than 20 years of experience across development, construction, investment, and brokerage covering over 3 million square feet.
Nick’s practice centers on three things. First, small-bay industrial: he is a recognized specialist in multi-tenant, shallow-bay industrial parks in Houston, speaks on small-bay industrial at the national small-bay industrial conference, and is routinely interviewed by institutional and private capital groups when they put a Houston-area industrial asset under contract. Second, owner-user transactions: he represents business owners buying, selling, or executing sale-leasebacks on industrial buildings up to 100,000 square feet across Greater Houston and Texas. Third, agency leasing: Nick and the Rifle CRE team handle landlord-side leasing for multi-tenant industrial and office portfolios, with in-house property management under his IREM Certified Property Manager designation.
Rifle CRE works the way Nick learned the business: on the phone and on the street. The firm’s brokers are assigned to specific Houston industrial submarkets, including the Northwest Houston corridor along US-290, Beltway 8, Pinemont, and Tanner Road, and they prospect those submarkets in person, building by building. That is how the firm knows which buildings are quietly available, which tenants are growing, and what rents are actually being achieved rather than asked.
Nick also leads Rivergate Capital Partners, Rifle CRE’s affiliated investment platform, which acquires and repositions value-add, multi-tenant small-bay industrial parks in Houston and other major Texas markets. Operating on the ownership side gives Rifle CRE’s brokerage clients an owner’s view of underwriting, capital planning, and lease-up.
Nick earned the SIOR designation in 2024, the CCIM designation in 2019, the IREM Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation in 2024, and the Master’s in Commercial Property (MiCP) from the Lipsey School of Real Estate. He holds a B.S. in Engineering (Industrial Distribution) from Texas A&M University and a Texas Real Estate Broker’s license. He also holds a Master Peace Officer license and has been a licensed foster parent with the State of Texas.
Outside the office, Nick serves as a Deacon at United City Church, is a past president of the Houston A&M Club, and is an alum of Leadership North Houston. He co-owns a commercial construction company focused on office and industrial interior build-outs.
Selected Clients
Nick and the Rifle CRE team have represented the following owners, investors, and occupiers on industrial and office assignments in Houston and across Texas, along with many other public companies, private equity firms, family-owned businesses, and investment funds:
- Brookfield Properties
- Edward Jones
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Innospec
- America First Refining
- Shipley Do-Nuts
- Pagewood
- Decker Capital
- WHK Capital
- Bleecker Partners
Education / Certifications:
- Texas A&M University – B.S. Engineering – Industrial Distribution
- SIOR – Society of Industrial and Office Realtors – 2024
- CCIM – Certified Commercial Investment Member – 2019
- CPM – IREM Certified Property Manager – 2024
- MiCP – Master’s in Commercial Property – 2019
- Real Estate Broker – Texas Real Estate Commission – 2019